Project Solutions Manager

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About The Role

MWH Treatment is looking to strengthen their Project Management team with a Project Solutions Manager for our Anglian Water framework.
You will lead the development of project solutions, develop new ways of working that focus on delivering outcomes, rather than outputs, to reduce carbon, protect and increase natural capital, address climate change, and embrace innovations and new digital technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Portfolio Solutions Manager to identify and plan the resources required for project solution generation and selection.
• Develop Solutions Stage Project Plans, including programmes and budgets, and ensure alignment with Anglian Water. Monitor progress, identify potential changes, and assist with monthly performance reporting.
• Manage the production and assessment of data and solution options to inform the Risk Opportunity and Value (ROV) process. Record reasons for rejecting solutions and ensure analytical and objective reasoning during ROV workshops.
• Engage with @one project teams and Anglian Water to communicate progress and facilitate acceptance of preferred solutions.
• Lead the production of @one Solutions Stage deliverables.
• Support the @one preferred solution review meeting to assess the confidence and certainty of preferred solutions for efficient delivery in subsequent stages.
• Support stakeholder engagement and escalation within Anglian Water if required.

Develop Solutions:

• Understand individual project outcomes and collaborate with @one subject matter experts to undertake root cause analysis, investigations, and data analysis.
• Assess the value and impact of acquiring additional data if gaps or deficiencies are identified.
• Coordinate engagement from @one project delivery teams to develop viable solution options that achieve project outcomes and business objectives.
• Ensure solution options address affordability, design, planning, sustainability, construction, enabling factors, procurement, and operations.
• Support @one project delivery teams in assessing the certainty and confidence of preferred solutions.

Health & Safety:

• Support the Technical Manager in producing initial design risk assessments according to Construction Design & Management (CDM) Regulations.

People/ Team Development:

• Create a positive and fulfilling work environment that embraces diversity and inclusion.
• Develop strong working relationships with @one project delivery teams and Anglian Water ADP.

Transformation:

• Seek to innovate and continuously improve performance.
• Identify ways to reduce carbon and enhance natural capital within solutions.
• Support continuous improvement of the solutions process and team.
• Integrate innovations and lessons learned to realize efficiencies.

About You

To be successful in this position you will hold a degree in an engineering discipline and preferably have experience in water-sector assets and delivering capital projects. Experience in a Design and Build environment is an advantage. You be able to demonstrator compliance with business ethics, foster collaboration and support the development of skills around you.

You are a natural leader, providing line management for the team, and can confidentially manage activities to achieve efficient outputs to ensure quality procedures are followed, mitigating risk where necessary. You'll enjoy the challenge of contributing to commercial performance and identifying improvements.

About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances.

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills.

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don't just tick boxes; we live these values every day.

What MWH offer

Packages include -

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc